Re: 2.2.19 kernel and masquerading question

[Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>]

        Hello,

On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Wayne wrote:

> >        Yes - this is your box. You should be careful whether
> >some ftp or other services use the same range because if you
>
> Very good point.  If I make that to be a large number, how
> could I make that peaceful stay in the same box to handle
> both masq and passive FTP?

        My knowledge stops here. What I know is that some ftp
servers have port range definition(s) in their config files. They
allocate ports only in this range. You should be careful. OTOH,
the kernel automatically allocates ports in the ip_local_port_range.
Look in net/ipv4/af_inet.c:inet_bind()


Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>